Spiritual Care to Elderly and Dying Loved Ones

If you're a Baby Boomer, family caregiver, or a healthcare professional, you will agree that caregiving is a most tricky task. And with our aging community expanding at a substantial rate, new questions and challenges are surfacing about end-of-life care in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, or right in the privacy of your own home. Spiritual Care to Elderly and Dying Loved Ones uniquely tackles the psychological and spiritual distress that commonly occurs as this reality unfolds. But don't let the term "spiritual" throw you for a loop. The author uses the term broadly to honor the reader's purposeful journey with self and other.

Spiritual Care gives practical tips on how to develop healthy boundaries, work with a loved one of dissimilar faith, discover and maintain emotional balance while caring for a loved one or patient, and what to expect once your loved one has died. Study groups will enjoy the questions at the end of each chapter. And chaplains, ministers, hospice professionals, and volunteers will feel better prepared working in today's religiously and culturally diverse community.